Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-09
WACO.
Charges Which are not Sustained-Tho
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WACO, TEX, April 8.-Postmsster Ger
aid of this city, vas arrested this morn
| ing on the strength of an affidavit made
by one S. f BOOKER, g young man who
works in q butcher shop, charging the
postmaster with carrying a pistol. Mr..
BOoher also, later, filed the following
complaint before 8 magistrate:
State of Texas, county of McLennan
Before me, the undersigned authority, Ga
| this day personally appeared Z Booher,
who, by me being duly sworn, on oath
states that G. 3. Gerald, in said state and
county, on or about the / st day of April,
1887, did then and there falsely and wan
tonly impute to Miss Lutte Nash, an I'm
married female, want Of chastity by
then and there calling her a common,
against the peace and dignity Of the
state.
Booher's action grew out of CONVEX
satiOn between him and Postmaster
Gerald on the street yesterday, in which
the Postmaster charged BoOher WITT being
the author Of an anonymous letter, re-
ceived by the Postmaster several days
ago. This letter was C0uched in infamous
tions between Gerald and Miss Nash. The
Postmaster gave Booner piece of his
mind and would probably have thrashed
him, but Booher beat hasty retreat.
Then Booher took revenge by filing the
two complaints. Judge Gerald wss
tried this morning on the pistol
charge and acquitted. 1t was
proven that what Booher took to be
pistol in the postmaster's hIp-pocket was
only big meerschaum pipe. AS to the
charge of libel embodied in the above
affidavit the County Attorney dismissed it
as unworthy of consideration. IS above
said, a woman is in the case, and her
name is Lutte Nash. Several years ago
her father lived in Waco, and moved
from here to Cleburne, where he
died. Mr.. Nash was an Episco-
palian minister, and the family
were friends of Judge Gerald. Miss
Nash returned to Waco some time ago,
and has been engaged in sewing Tor a
living. Recently she went to Judge Ger
aid and told him that she was in almost
destitute circumstances, and asked for a
small loan to help her out. Being
the daughter of an old friend, Judge Ger
aid gave Miss Nash SIS. Later she was
taken out on trial by the Christian church
to play the organ, but after two trials was
not considered competent and was told
so. Judge Gerald took no more notice of
Miss Nash until he received the anony-
nous letter, and then, on making an in
vestigatiOn, he learned that Mr.. BOoher
and Miss Nash were fast friends, and he
also heard that Miss Nash had told Nj
Booher that Judge Gerald was her friend,
aud this Is why the Judge thinks Mr..
Booher wrote him the letter.
Postmaster Ierald's personal standing
is as high as'that of any mans in Waco
and his friends, indeed the whole COM
mupity, do not require any assurance
that he would be the last man in the
world to impugn the character Of any
good woman.
The Day this afternoon says: "The
finance committee OF the City Council met
this afternoon at O'Clock to
make. an Investigation of Street |
Commissioner ALI Neil's pay roll |
for the month OF Ma Oh. The total |
amount is 81 ,S99 80, aad as it is said to
be several hundred dollars larger than |
ever before in any one month, the City |
Council refused to allow it last night, but
it to the committee named with |
to report back to the Council. T
The finance COMMITTEES, and alsaethe I
Council, do not understand why such al
pay roll should come in just precediuE
the city election, and while the Commta
sioner was in the race for city marshM,